• UTRGV receives $1.2M NASA award to boost STEM education and research

    Tuesday, October 31, 2023
  UTRGV has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant from NASA's Office of STEM Engagement, to enhance focus on earth and planetary sciences. Funded by the Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), the initiative aims ...

• UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine holds second White Coat ceremony

    Saturday, October 28, 2023
  The second cohort for the UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine – which is the only one in Texas and one of only 10 in the United States - was welcomed on Oct. 27 at the Harlingen Convention Center.

• AWM honors UTRGV’s Villalobos with Humphreys Award for Mentoring

    Friday, October 27, 2023
  UTRGV endowed professor Dr. Cristina Villalobos has been awarded the 2024 M. Gweneth Humphreys Award by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM).

• UTRGV’s Spencer selected as NASA Solar System Ambassador

    Friday, October 27, 2023
  Dr. Thomas B. Spencer, UTRGV associate vice president for Research Operations, has been selected as a NASA Solar System Ambassador.

• Gov. Abbott’s office gives UTRGV the Lex Frieden Employment Award

    Thursday, October 26, 2023
  The Office of the Texas Governor has awarded UTRGV the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities’ annual Lex Frieden Employment Award, for work performed within the UTRGV Office of Human Resources, the UTRGV Enactus Group ...

• A Case of Susto

    Wednesday, October 25, 2023
  The Rio Grande Valley, with close proximity to Mexico, harbors a wealth of popular, culture-specific superstitions and folklore.

• UTRGV CMAS awarded grant for museum internships, fellowships

    Wednesday, October 25, 2023
  UTRGV’s Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) and the B3 Institute recently received a $741,469 grant for the UTRGV CMAS Latinx Museum Internship and Fellowship Program.

• UTRGV among Top 10 contributors of alumni to newest Teach For America corps

    Wednesday, October 25, 2023
  Teach For America (TFA) has released a list of colleges and universities that are contributing the greatest number of alumni to its teaching corps. UTRGV is among the Top 10 large schools contributing the greatest number of alumni to the TFA ...

• UTRGV School of Medicine awarded $2.3M to open Valley’s first Maternal Health Research Center

    Tuesday, October 24, 2023
  The UTRGV School of Medicine has been awarded $2,275,863 to establish the first of its kind "Maternal Health Research Center" in the Rio Grande Valley.

• UTRGV hometowns – Edinburg and Brownsville – make Top 10 list of most wallet-friendly college towns in the U.S.

    Monday, October 23, 2023
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in not one, but two of the most wallet-friendly college towns in the country according to WalletHub’s “Best College Towns & Cities in America.”

• UTRGV’s Yznaga honored with prestigious Young Center award for her work with immigrant children’s rights

    Friday, October 20, 2023
  Dr. Selma Yznaga, a UTRGV professor in the Department of Counseling, is the 2023 recipient of the esteemed Maria Woltjen Waymaker Award from the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights.

• UTRGV School of Medicine welcomes new Medicine and Oncology chair

    Thursday, October 19, 2023
  The UTRGV School of Medicine is expanding its promise to elevate cancer care in the Rio Grande Valley, and now welcomes the new Medicine and Oncology Department lead, Dr. Everardo Cobos, M.D., F.A.C.P. Cobos will lead, train and oversee the next ...

• UTRGV’s Rivera presents at Library of Congress Symposium, sheds light on Mexican American writer

    Wednesday, October 18, 2023
  Dr. Noreen Rivera, associate professor in the UTRGV Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies, was invited to present her work in Washington, D.C. at a Library of Congress Symposium titled "Rewriting America: Reconsidering the Federal ...

• UTRGV Center for Innovation & Commercialization to hold Big Idea Competition finale this Wednesday

    Tuesday, October 17, 2023
  This Shark Tank-like event will be held in Weslaco at the CIC facility, located at 307 E. Railroad. The Big Idea Competition, open to UTRGV students and RGV community members, is an opportunity for local aspiring entrepreneurs to pitch their ...

• Hispanic Outlook gives UTRGV high rankings in multiple categories

    Monday, October 16, 2023
  UTRGV now has earned top rankings by Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education Magazine in several categories.

• UTRGV Center for Innovation & Commercialization Market Lab to host MarketMix this Saturday

    Friday, October 13, 2023
  The UTRGV Center for Innovation and Commercialization (CIC) Market Lab program will bring together 30 local entrepreneurs and community members to support startups in the region Saturday, Oct. 14. The event, MarketMix, will be held in Weslaco at ...

• Extending a helping paw: UTRGV Health services donates PPE to Palm Valley Animal Society

    Wednesday, October 11, 2023
  UTRGV Health Services donated 20 pallets worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) to Palm Valley Animal Society (PVAS) on Sept. 21.

• UTRGV announces arrival of university’s first drill team

    Tuesday, October 10, 2023
  The UTRGV Spirit Program earlier this month announced the search for UTRGV students – current and future – to be part of the university’s inaugural Drill Team.

• UTRGV to celebrate 60th anniversary of UTRGV H-E-B Planetarium with special solar eclipse event, activities

    Tuesday, October 10, 2023
  UTRGV will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the UTRGV H-E-B Planetarium with an event on the Edinburg Campus on Saturday, Oct. 14, to view the annular solar eclipse, which will cross North America for the first time since 2012.

• UTRGV signs MOU with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to foster STEM education and research opportunities

    Friday, October 06, 2023
  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Oct. 5 with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to establish a collaborative agreement aimed at enhancing undergraduate ...

• UTRGV professor’s new book takes a big bite out of Peruvian cuisine

    Thursday, October 05, 2023
  A 25-year culinary exploration thousands of miles away is now documented in the book, Eating Peru: A Gastronomic Journey.

• UTRGV students explore Peru for study abroad summer 2023

    Thursday, October 05, 2023
  A group of UTRGV students this summer pushed their minds and bodies to the limit with the iconic study abroad trip to Peru from July 18 to Aug. 15.

• UTRGV granted accreditation from National Association of Schools of Dance for dance program

    Monday, October 02, 2023
  UTRGV has been granted accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD) for its dance program – which means the UTRGV Dance Department has met the highest standards in providing dance students educational services.